Healthcare Dialogues 8 February 2024 Kreuzstrasse 2, 4123 Allschwil, Switzerland Improving access to healthcare in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is a global issue. On 8 February 2024, Swiss [...] Operations, Swiss TPH Jutta Reinhard-Rupp Head of Global Health Institute, Merck Programme Thursday, 8 February 2024 12:15 Light Lunch and Registration The Potential of Local Cooperation on a Global Scale
Hepatitis B and C in Europe: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (Publications)
hepatitis B and 0·49 million (0·42 to 0·57) of hepatitis C in Europe. There were an estimated 8·24 million (7·56 to 8·88) prevalent cases of HBV-related cirrhosis and 11·87 million (9·77 to 14·41) of HCV-related [...] decreased by 35·73% (23·48 to 47·75) between 2010 and 2019; the age-standardised prevalence rate (-6·37% [-8·11 to -4·32]), incidence rate (-5·87% [-11·24 to -1·01]), and mortality rate (-11·11% [-16·54 to -5·53])
Small-scale field evaluation of PermaNet® Dual (a long-lasting net coated with a mixture of chlorfenapyr and deltamethrin) against... (Publications)
blood-feeding inhibition of 41.4 +/- 6.9% and 43.7 +/- 4.8% with PermaNet((R)) Dual, 51.0 +/- 5.7% and 9.8 +/- 3.6% with PermaNet((R)) 3.0, and 12.8 +/- 4.3% and - 13.0 +/- 3.6% with PermaNet((R)) 2.0. Overall
Methods development for epidemiologic investigations of the health effects of prolonged ozone exposure. Part I: Variability of pulmonary function... (Publications)
variation (+/-SD of distribution of means) for male subjects were: FEV1 1.2 (+/-0.8); FEF25%-75% 3.2 (+/-2.3); FEF75% 5.8 (+/-5.0); and delta N2 17.9 (+/-12.3); for female subjects they were: FEV1 1.4 (+/-0 [...] for sex, area of residence, ethnicity, and height) were: FVC 3.6%; FEV1 3.0%; FEF25%-75% 5.2%; FEF75% 8.9%; and delta N2 23.9%. Of all subjects tested, 234 (97.9%) could provide at least two acceptable MEFV
Malaria control strategies in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania (Publications)
within 2 years of implementation. As a result the overall mean haemoglobin levels increased (from 8.0 to 8.9 g/dl) in the study children during the successive surveys. The prevalence of anaemia in the study [...] CI: 38 to 77) on the prevalence of parasitaemia, and 63% (95% CI: 27 to 82) on anaemia (haemoglobin £ 8 g/dl). These results endorse the wide scale implementation of ITNs in Tanzania. ITNs can only reduce
Hepatitis B and C in Europe: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (Publications)
hepatitis B and 0·49 million (0·42 to 0·57) of hepatitis C in Europe. There were an estimated 8·24 million (7·56 to 8·88) prevalent cases of HBV-related cirrhosis and 11·87 million (9·77 to 14·41) of HCV-related [...] decreased by 35·73% (23·48 to 47·75) between 2010 and 2019; the age-standardised prevalence rate (-6·37% [-8·11 to -4·32]), incidence rate (-5·87% [-11·24 to -1·01]), and mortality rate (-11·11% [-16·54 to -5·53])
Small-scale field evaluation of PermaNet® Dual (a long-lasting net coated with a mixture of chlorfenapyr and deltamethrin) against... (Publications)
blood-feeding inhibition of 41.4 +/- 6.9% and 43.7 +/- 4.8% with PermaNet((R)) Dual, 51.0 +/- 5.7% and 9.8 +/- 3.6% with PermaNet((R)) 3.0, and 12.8 +/- 4.3% and - 13.0 +/- 3.6% with PermaNet((R)) 2.0. Overall
Methods development for epidemiologic investigations of the health effects of prolonged ozone exposure. Part I: Variability of pulmonary function... (Publications)
variation (+/-SD of distribution of means) for male subjects were: FEV1 1.2 (+/-0.8); FEF25%-75% 3.2 (+/-2.3); FEF75% 5.8 (+/-5.0); and delta N2 17.9 (+/-12.3); for female subjects they were: FEV1 1.4 (+/-0 [...] for sex, area of residence, ethnicity, and height) were: FVC 3.6%; FEV1 3.0%; FEF25%-75% 5.2%; FEF75% 8.9%; and delta N2 23.9%. Of all subjects tested, 234 (97.9%) could provide at least two acceptable MEFV
Malaria control strategies in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania (Publications)
within 2 years of implementation. As a result the overall mean haemoglobin levels increased (from 8.0 to 8.9 g/dl) in the study children during the successive surveys. The prevalence of anaemia in the study [...] CI: 38 to 77) on the prevalence of parasitaemia, and 63% (95% CI: 27 to 82) on anaemia (haemoglobin £ 8 g/dl). These results endorse the wide scale implementation of ITNs in Tanzania. ITNs can only reduce
Health and economic burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease and the cost-effectiveness of potential interventions against RSV among... (Publications)
ated disease burden among children in these 72 countries is estimated at an average of 20.8 million cases, 1.8 million hospital admissions, 40 thousand deaths, 1.2 million discounted DALYs, and US$611
